HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-06-16 Miscellaneous DEF SUB North Andover Citizen, Thursday April 17 1986131
f gar faypronos��s f®r homes off tenter
The Planning Board heard the final correct elevation,itwould.then be cut in-
proposal for a six home development,off a ter' o� to the land;so as to reduce visibility of
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Osgood St.. opposite the Old Center " rl aT �4H ssr c°D c� . soc. the road by Old Village Lane!residents.:
Common Monday night. y o wt 7D �` ► ,� Concern was also expressed that the
The hearing was closed and the board 3 � Misr Q;' e�°��J �'t: historic barn on the site night be razed.
took the matter..under advisement.for =' r � ;po� ` m `• sr common Once the new road is constructed the
consideration of a.final decision. 0 ' . barn would„.'
be too::close to k and would:.
The project, now called cranberry. �t 2s x �_�, �j• need a variance from the'Zoning Board
Lane instead of 41d Center St., is bein g
of:Appeals to continue to.exist.
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developed by David Kindred on five- x 1 J W AG � kQ�y`r George Stern,who owns the property,
acres of land owned by George Stern: A� �� , o �55 �' r •p plans to apply for. such a variance in
Stern plans to continue to reside in the �, CL" `°�� <v r : Order.to retain the..barn.
existing house at 58 Osgood St. ;' .p Planner John Simons added that the
A'750 ft.cul-de-sac will be built to ser- o (��` - �l m � 4a �,w;><, o-' Planning.Board should do what it could
vice the five other lots in the subdivision 4 V7 1/ ? to assist in the continued existence of the
and the homes will have town water and �1v 44, ,
historic structure.
sewer. �1 UkE Y ��s Board Member Eric Nitzche requested
Several abutters expressed concerns av "� that a site walk be attended by himself,
with drainage and wetland issues. Peter the town planner, highway surveyor and
Carusso, an attorney representing OLD CENTER HOUSES—.David Kindred intenids;:to build six houses off the Old the Project's engineer. The purpose of
residents on nearby Old Village Lane, Center, leaving a wooded buffer zone to protect his,neighbors, the-walk would be to insure that no large
asked the developer to maintain- a Illustration by Toni Czekanski street trees be adversely affected by the
"green" strip between the new road and installation of the proposed drainage
the abutters' homes. lines.
natural wooded state to provide a screen Drainage from the site would be fun- Nitzche also requested that a notice of
issues which had been brought up at
Engineer Mike Rosatti addressed these for the neighbors yards. - ne.led::through underground pipes to the intent be filed with the Conservation
Shirazi property on Massachusetts Ave. Commission
preliminary hearings on the proposal- prior to the board's final
p ary 8 p p Wetlands on the site would not be fill- where it would then flow to Stevens decision deadline to allow for concurrent
Rosatti said that-the road-had been ed,but an additional3,000 square feet of Pond. review of the project.
been moved -as far away from Old wetlands would be added to help control Rosatti also stated that although the
Villa e-Lane lots as possible and that a y g Board members present Monday in-
Village P runoff created b the houses and site would have to be filled near Osgood eluded Chair Mike. Roberts, Nitzche,
20 foot buffer zone would be left in its driveways on the site. St.to bring the subdivision road to the Simons and John Burke.
Landscape, architectural restrictions are set
Several conditions including landscape A;landscape design is being zequired
cnchevmtoand architectua standards;highlghd de
the .P.lanning :Board's approval of the the Common. The planners have also
final plans for Cranberry Lane, a six- ', said the new'ho . es;built within the sub
home.::subdivision to...be ;located off divisioa must be compatible wtth:the col
osgood St. in the Old Center. onial architecture of the area.
Since the development 'planned by Abutters :on Old Village Lane re
David Kindred of Flintlock Realty Trust quested that a buffer zone of trees:be.left.
rs in,the hisConc.section.of town, the between theiir back yards and the new'
planners;are,'mandatxng;speafal-COndi street: .This wily be accomplished. by
Lions it believes will serve to.protect.the plantings of trees m this area by the
aesthetic and historic ,qualities of that developer
No work may begsn,on the project urn'
Tree cutting:along Osgood.St. and til a variance is,obtained from the Zone
along the new cul-de=sac wi11 bd...kept to a . ing Board of Appeals Tl�e variance i
rnmimum:and an arbonst must be'hued needed to allow the continued existence
lq make recomrn udiftons aid supervise of a;barn winch w II be too close to the
the work new load9` l Q
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